A HOMELY MONARCH.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LVII, Issue LVIII, 10 May 1910, Page 5

A HOMELY MONARCH.

TOUCHING ACTS OF HIS LAST DAYS. (Received May 10, 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, May. 9. i King Edward on Saturday at Sandringham inspected the gardens, kennels, paddocks, foals and yearlings, and then went to Anmer, his new estate, to see the club rooms built for the villagers. . On Sunday he inspected the improvements in the little ivy-clad church m which the memorial window was being erected in memory of Montagu Guest. In the afternoon he was at home, in the farm and dairy. On Monday he met and chatted at the garden gates with the pensioners. -One old woman came to ..the door and curtsied, and King EjiWaiKr waved her in out of the rain savingr! "Keep yourself warm, granny." ■- » THE "QUEEN MOTHER." Rev. Henry . Scott-Holland, preaching at St. Paul's, referred to Queen Alexandra as the Queen Mother. It is understood she is entitled to this instead of Queen Dowager. It is announced that Queen Alexandra is well. After the service at the Chapel Royal she individually thanked King Edward's suite for their devotion to him.